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The U.S. Senate approved a new package of stiff financial sanctions Friday against Russia, Iran and North Korea and sent it to President Donald Trump to sign . The sanctions against Iran, modeled on previous executive orders, were created to punish entities that support terrorism, sell weapons to Iran, or help its ballistic missile program.

A federal law enforcement investigation and multiple US congressional probes looking into the possibility that Trump's campaign colluded with Russian Federation, have made it harder for Trump to open a new chapter with Putin. If senators move quickly, the bill could be ready for Trump's signature before Congress exits Washington for its regular August recess. "And now these sanctions - they are also absolutely unlawful from the point of view of worldwide law".

The ministry says the USA has until September 1 to cut the number of its staff at the Moscow embassy and at three consulates to match the exact number of Russian diplomats who are working in the US - 455 people, according to the ministry's announcement.

The House passed the bill 419-3 Tuesday, and it now goes to President Donald Trump for his signature or veto. "He has now reviewed the final version and, based on its responsiveness to his negotiations, approves the bill and intends to sign it", Sander said without giving a time frame when it would be signed into law.

Behind the scenes, the tension between Scaramucci and Priebus was widely known for months, as Scaramucci came to believe Priebus sabotaged his early attempts to join the Trump administration. Several administration positions that were usually managed by the chief of staff now reported directly to Mr Trump. Priebus, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee, was a late convert to the Trump campaign.

Moscow is also barring Americans from using two diplomatic facilities. The move comes the day after the U.S. Congress gave bilateral approval to a new slate of sanctions on Russian Federation over its interference in the 2016 election. If the bill obtains enough bipartisan support among lawmakers, however, Congress would be able to override a veto. "There's no rationale, no excuse for a veto", Miller said.

Other footage showed waves of hail and rain cascading down the stairs of the Taksim metro station. The storm caused a crane to overturn at Haydarpasa Port, which caused an explosion. "Have fun!" But the restrictions remain in place for Istanbul Ataturk, Turkey's biggest airport, as well as the Mediterranean coastal cities of Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman and Izmir, which are popular with tourists.

McCain said that the United States needs to send a strong message to Vladimir Putin and any other aggressor that we will not tolerate attacks on its democracy. The bill has been sent to the president, with uncertainty over whether or not he will sign or veto it. Trump is likely to sign a tough new sanctions bill that includes proposed measures targeting Russian Federation.

When asked about the bill , White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said, "We continue to support strong sanctions against those three countries, and we're going to wait and see what that final legislation looks like and make a decision at that point".

He pointed to the FBI investigations into Russia's ties to the campaign, Putin's actions in Ukraine and Syria , and Friday's actions against U.S. The White House initially wavered on whether the president would sign the measure into law. But President Vladimir Putin at the time delayed the retaliatory steps in what officials said was an olive branch to the incoming Trump administration.

But even before Trump agreed to sign the new sanctions measure, Putin angrily ordered a staff cut at the USA embassy in Moscow and the seizure of properties used by American diplomats in Russian Federation. The U.S. Senate passed legislation Thursday tightening sanctions on Russia , a move Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would retaliate against earlier in the day.

Be it an article, letter or cartoon, the Toronto Star never seems to stop its hell-bent assault on the man democratically elected to occupy the White House (which is an assault on the American electorate) by regurgitating and parroting the unproven fake news and innuendo, spawned by the corrupt USA media.

Census Bureau. Russian Federation will also close down the embassy's recreational retreat on the outskirts of Moscow as well as warehouse facilities. Russia, effectively ignoring the fact that its election meddling had prompted the measures, used the push for tightened sanctions as further proof that deep forces in the American government were continuing to thwart Mr.

He is a Great American". Trump appointed Kelly, a retired Marine general, to secretary of Homeland Security on December 7, 2016 and he was confirmed on January, 20, 2017 the first day of Trump's administration. "I predict the White House will become more orderly and disciplined - with clear lines of authority, serious planning and strong teamwork", Gingrich wrote Friday evening.

He said the mission would help the Libyan authorities reinforce their capacity to control their borders and national territory. It is hoped that the mission with the Libyan coast guard can help stem this flow, which is causing massive strain on the Italian authorities.

According to Hammond, "Europeans will still be able to come into the UK" during the transition period, "but they will have to register with the authorities so we know who's coming and who's going". Given the importance of mobile skills and labour for the United Kingdom economy, firms will want the review to move at pace and include the views of all sectors.

The vote to debate health care legislation took place after months of ongoing discussion and leaves Senate Republicans with a few options, including completely replacing the health care law, or voting for what has been described as a "skinny" repeal that would remove parts of the Affordable Care Act.

Trump then began his tirade against Sessions in an interview with The New York Times , saying that he would have reconsidered his decision to nominate Sessions had he known he was going to recuse himself. South Carolina Sen. Lindsay Graham warned Thursday that "there will be holy hell to pay" if he fires Attorney General Jeff Sessions , while Iowa Sen.

Rand Paul (R-Ky.) objected, putting off consideration of the defense bill until next week. He had previously voted with his party on Tuesday to open the health care debate, while Collins and Murkowski had voted no to that. "If moving forward requires a conference committee, that is something the House is willing to do", Ryan said in a statement Thursday night. In fact three Republicans helped to kill the skinny repeal bill: Sens.

That same day, the feud escalated when The New Yorker revealed Scaramucci had in a phone interview attacked Priebus in harsh and even vile terms , calling him a "paranoid schizophrenic" and using a vulgar term to illustrate Priebus's attempts to block him from a White House post.

Trump has picked Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly as his new chief of staff. Priebus blocked Scaramucci from getting a top administration job in January, telling the president that Scaramucci "played" Trump, according to a source.

Thousands of men, women and children made their way on Thursday to the compound, where the call to prayer sounded from al-Aqsa Mosque again. In a separate development Friday, a Palestinian stabbing suspect was shot and killed in Gush Etzion in the southern West Bank when he attempted to attack soldiers at the scene, according to a statement from the Israeli military.

In recent months, President Trump has repeatedly cast doubt on the view of USA intelligence that Russian Federation sought to tip the November 2016 election in his favour. The legislation would significantly limit Trump's ability to relax or terminate sanctions , defying White House complaints that the measure impedes the president's executive authority to conduct foreign policy.

CCTV cameras, railings and scaffolding, whose installation triggered violent clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police, were taken away by the authorities in the early hours of Thursday, reports Xinhua news agnecy. The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem , the third holiest site in Islam and the holiest site for Jews, had been a flashpoint site for the bloody Israeli-Palestinian conflict over the past decades.

The North claimed after the July 4 launch that it had successfully tested an ICBM that flew 933 km (580 miles), reaching an altitude of 2,802 km over a flight time of 39 minutes and able to carry a large and heavy nuclear warhead. The meeting is scheduled on August 7, the department said. It comes three weeks after North Korea's first ICBM test. Michael Elleman of the International Institute for Strategic Studies said the window for a diplomatic solution with North Korea "is closing ...